Hugh D’Andrade’s marriage of typography and illustration is a thing of beauty. His art graces many books and rock posters and really does justice to the project at hand. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories is the latest book cover he was commissioned for the Lewis Carroll classic.
The Secret of Kells is an animated movie from Ireland that just went under the radar in 2009 with not much media exposure in North America. It is a great piece of cinematic traditional animation backed with a solid story and artistic liberty of form. Not a Hollywood powerhouse production, The Secret of Kells found no support from a country not known for animation. I discovered The Secret Of Kells locally as I found out the film was making the rounds in theaters willing to carry non casual fare on their screens. They got the biggest nod at the Oscars with Best Animated Feature Film nomination.
Young Brendan lives in the Abbey of Kells, a remote medieval outpost under siege from raiding barbarians. One day a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying an ancient but unfinished book, brimming with secret wisdom and more »powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest, where mythical creatures hide. It is here that he meets the fairy Aisling, a mysterious young wolf-girl, who helps him along the way. But with the barbarians closing in, will Brendan’s determination and artistic vision illuminate the darkness and show that enlightenment is the best fortification against evil?
Jared Stumpenhorst’s attempt at bringing Lost in 365 days with inspiration based on the 6th and final season of the popular ABC series.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery I would guess, let the flood gates open as many will try to capitalize on the Avatar inspired look. Descendants featuring the voice work Whoopi Goldberg is one of those who will try to cash in the greatest all-time grossing movie in monetary terms. The CG animated film by Heiko van der Scherm will always be in the shadow of Avatar’s fame due to timing. This great little movie is reaping many awards as it plays many festivals and with good reason.
A day in the life of New York City, in miniature created by Aero Director/ VFX artist Sam O’Hare. What appears to be a miniature set of New York city at work is but a canny collection of 35 000 still photos and fancy camera tricks to give the illusion of small scale objects and people wandering about in daily commute.
Logorama is nominated for best short animation for the 2010 Oscars. Logorama examines our daily bombardment of visual ads in our commutes as main characters. Our collective lives are entwined with product placement and association of these universal products and the personification of the corporate identity we perceive of them. The logo has become the face and representative of conglomerate greed of global dominion. We are branded with the products we buy and also says a lot about our status in society. Logorama is a testament of industry identity at the full height of product placement in a society driven by consumerism. More than 2,500 logos were used in the animation. Not bad, a movie with the biggest commercial ever.
Instructables co-founders Eric and Kristy have devised a new contraption idea of combining a treadmill with a desk while you surf. What a great way to keep fit while you chat with your friends on Facebook. The only thing missing in the equation is a small fridge along the treadmill.
Adobe Photoshop Cook from Lait Noir on Vimeo.
Would life not be better if they resembled some of our favorite computer programs. Adobe Photoshop would be the coolest device in the kitchen as illustrated by Vimeo user Stafania, a recent graduate of the Italian Institute of Design in Milan. Baking cookies with Photoshop is a piece of old school stop motion animation.
Is this the future of syndicated newspaper strips? With dwindling newspaper sales, cartoonists are finding it harder to sell their products. Many wannabe cartoonists with an internet account create free content and bring down the value of strips found in newspapers. Dan Piraro is perhaps one of the oldest original creators from the 80’s and still going strong is leading the pack with his Bizarro app and perhaps will shape the future and survival of the newspaper strip to a new platform.
With the Bizarro app, a NEW COMIC is added EVERY DAY! (The same comic that appears in newspapers.) PLUS, at any given time there is a YEAR’S ARCHIVE of comics that can be accessed super easy and fast from a handy-dandy calendar page. You can also click to access bio info about me (oh! so funny!), info about Bizarro (more humor!)
The Banana Club and Museum
The Irony in Nail Art
Planet Posters by Ross Berens
Giant Robot Magazine Needs You
50 Boyfriends Worse Than Yours
Hanger Tea Party
The People vs George Lucas
Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share
Sticky Moments Doodling on Paper
The Vampire Squid
Rapunzel Tangled by Disney
The classic Grimm’s fairy tale “Rapunzel” has been rechristened as “Tangled” because of Disney’s last movie, “The Princess and the Frog” which was a death knell at the box office with the princess title that turned boys away from the movie. An Errol Flynn-styled male lead was injected into the girl-centric Rapunzel movie. Disney’s top animated movies of past generations always were of girl power leads with the prince type as second banana. That formula had to be tinkered with a bit to be a movie that the whole family can enjoy. Seems Rapunzel is a bit like the Marvel character Medusa of the Inhumans with hair that can tangle her foes into submission. No need to sue, Marvel was bought out by Disney. Now that would be a tangled mess.